Where to volunteer for Thanksgiving?

Do you know of any small charities or organizations that are looking for help cooking Thanksgiving dinner for others? Equinox seems to have more than enough volunteers each year, and I am looking for volunteer opportunities where more help may be needed- perhaps in smaller, outlying communities?

Equinox, which serves 500 meals at the First Presbyterian Church in Albany and delivers another 7,500, has many volunteers but may still need help in the days prior to the holiday. Info here; volunteer by calling 434-0131. City Mission of Schenectady and Capital City Rescue Mission in Albany are are already full.

A group of Greenwich residents calling itself A Random Act of Kindness is organizing its second free Thanksgiving meal, with seating beginning at 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the Greenwich VFW on Abeel Avenue in the village.

Volunteers are needed to prepare, cook, serve, clean, organize and promote the event, and food donations are being sought. Call Amy McPhail (692-7841) or Beth Anthony (692-2668) to volunteer and/or donate. Checks, made payable to A Random Act of Kindness, may be sent to or dropped off at any Glens Falls National Bank branch and marked “care of Dan Flynn.”

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On behalf of Equinox we are still in need of volunteers. We have opportunities now through the week after Thanksgiving. This year we could feed up to 9,000 in our community and we would welocome any help!

Does anyone know of volunteer opportunities for my family? Equinox needs volunteers for delivery which yes we could do but we would like somewhere we help clean up, set up, cook or just assist with whatever. My children are ages 10,12,15 and 21 all mature and able to talk to anyone, just great kids, Equinox like some other places have age an age requirement of 14 even for cleaning. So hopefully someone out there could use a hand, let me know

GLENS FALLS — The annual Hometown Thanksgiving Dinner, a fixture in the greater Glens Falls area for some 25 years, will be served at Christ Church Methodist, at the corner of Bay and Washington Streets, on Thanksgiving again this year.

Meetings for volunteers are being held at the church, at 4 and 7 p.m. Wednesday. Each person may sign up only for himself or herself, and only for one task.

The Hometown Thanksgiving dinner is sponsored by local volunteers as a holiday experience with food and entertainment. The dinner is served free to anyone wishing to attend, but especially those unable to celebrate with family or friends.

Thanksgiving dinner will be served from noon to 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day; anyone in need of transportation to the dinner, or wishing a dinner delivered to their home, is asked to call 636-9679.

Looking to help out in set up.. clean up.. services etc…any task really. Love to be apart of see some unfortunate have a meal. Thanksgiving Day I’m available n willing. Hopefully a spot in Albany area can use an extra set of hands. Thank you,Lou. You can email anytime.

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